Photo: Staff members inquire information of passengers, whose destination is Beijing, at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2020. /Xinhua

Chinese health authority said Thursday it received reports of 34 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 8 deaths on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday. All the comfirmed cases were imported, bringing the total number of imported cases to 189 .

Of the 34 newly imported cases, 21 were reported in Beijing, nine in Guangdong Province, two in Shanghai, one in Heilongjiang Province and one in Zhejiang Province, according to the the National Health Commission.

All deaths were reported in Hubei Province, according to the commission.